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Cats
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After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”; and it was so.
A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.
When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.”
Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.
Of the Gadites there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes on the mountains;
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.
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